Automatic selling-machine.



PATENTED JAN. 1, 1907.

W. ABEL. AUTOMATIC SELLING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 16, 1904.

6 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

IIIII //V VIV 70/? 11271 @2685 B) 'IIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIIIIII W. ABEL. AUTOMATIC SELLING MACHINE. 7

APPLICATION FILED MAY 16, 1904.

PATENTED JAN. 1, 1 907.

5 SHBETSSHEET 2.

No. 840,281. PATENTED JAN. 1, 1907.

W. ABEL.

AUTOMATIC- SELLING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY16,'1904.

5 SHEETS-SHEBT 3.

ATTORNEY-S.

PATENTED JAN. 1, 1907.

W. ABEL. AUTOMATIC SELLING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 16, 1904.

5 SHEETS-SHEET 4.

YPATENTED JAN. 1, 1907.

W. ABEL.

AUTOMATIC} SELLING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 16. 1904.

6 SHEETS-SHEET 6.

AND ARTHUR SUI-IUNACK, h BERLIN, GERMANY.

' AuT'oMATac seiimemaoams.

Specification of Letters Patent. A nm'an filed May 16,1904. Serial mfzoasis'.

Patented Jan. 1, 1907.

To all whom it may concern.- Be it known that I, WILLY ABEL, engineer}.

a subset of the German Emperor, residing at 9 useful Improvements in Automatic Selling- Machines for Cards, Post-Cards, and other Flat Objects, of which the following is a speci fication.

The present invention refers to automatic,

selling-machines for cards, ostcards, and such ike objects in which 1; e cards or'the layers of the cards, respectively, are piled crosswise one above the other and lie in a? card-holder, the two groups of cards are alternately moved before the delivery-aper-l ture, and the last card is shoved off by the delivery-slide.

is, such as have two shorta'nd two-long sides.

By means of the new device in the most sim 1e way complete security is obtained against the taking out of more cards than one or when layers of two or three cards each are placed crosswise one upon the other against the taking out-of more than two or three cards, res ectively. At the same time it is effected t at the pile of the cards is not supported only in the margins of the cards, but rests on the whole surface of the latter, and that the card to be pushed out rests flatly between the remaining ile of cards and a flat supporting-plate an can be. shoved out, moving in its own plane;

Figure 1 is a side .view of the apparatus out according to line 2 2 of Fig. 2. plan as er section a; xof Fig. 1. Figs. 3 and 4 are plans of the pile of cards as placed in the machine. Figs. 5 to 8 are plans of the a V reversing mechanism in different Fpositions,

as per section 1 y of Fig. 1. 1

show a differing disposition of the reversing mechanism. In Figs. 13 and 14 the two eccen-f trics of the device shown in Figs. 942 are ci'al locking device.

Oblong rectangular cards "are taken-tliat shown separately. Figs. 1518 show a spe- The cards are divided in two groups a and l b, piled up crosswise in a cardboard holder 0.

In the form of execution given as an example they lie at an angle of about sixty de rees one to the other. With their short front sides the cards are spread apart, so that there remains between them a space in the form of utherstrasse, Berlin, in the Empire of Germany, have invented certamnew and:

the buyer. Fig. '2 is a an acute angle, whichis taken u by the lining a of the card-holder a. he short back sides are placed in such amanner upon one another that the one back corner a projects be 0nd the middle of the short back sides I) z and the other back corner Z) proects beyond the middle of the back small sides e c. The two outward corners a if,

I as well as the two outward longer edges of. the cards a and b, are guided between the linings c and c of the card-holder c.

The card-holder e rests in the protectioncase d, which possesses the aperture e for the delivery of the cards and carries the deliveryslide f. The card-holder c is fixed to the shaft g, which rests and turns in the case d.

The delivery-slide t has to serve two func tions.' It produces the reversing of the card holder 0 and pushes the card to be delivered out off the pile. The action of the card slide is in one of the known ways made dependent on the previous putting in of the required coin. in the drawin 's it is shown, e. g. that the delivery-slide g is held locked in its position of rest by the alance-lever h, which, with its arm it, engages the fork f of the delivery-slide f. When through the sloti the requisite coin is is put into the machine, the latter passes through the coinway Z upon the arm 7L2 of the balance-lever h and frees the locking of the deliver -slide f. Now the dehvery-slide may be pul ed forward by the dehvery-slide the latter is moved back to its rimary position by means of the spring n the position shown in the drawings t e card group a is op osite to the take-out aper ture e, and the de ivery-slide with its pro jectionf, holds from behind t e lastfor instance, the lowe stcard a at its back edge.

I The last card but one, 6, rests with its corner b upon the projection f. If the deliveryshde 1s now pulled forward on to the position marked wit dots, the-projection f shoves the last card a through the aperture between the linings c and c and through the take-out opening e in the case. The card a. therewith remains perfectly straight and meets on its way with no resistance whatever except the little friction between its even support and the last but one card I). The pressure between the last but one card 6 and the even support also contributes to securing that the As soon as the buyer sets free I last card aretains its straight shapewhile 'being carried out of the machine. During the forward movement of the delivery-slide the 'pro iectionf isalways covered by the-surface of the last but one 8&1-d b, 8b that it can never during the forward movement catch an edge of the card 6.. Furthermore, any-displace;

a isthen wholly drawn out by the buyer, and

the delivery-slide f is released. The slide f is by its sprin f pulled back into its primary position an during its backwardmovement effects the reversionoi the card-holder Y: in such a manner that now the group of cards *1) ets iniront of the taking-out slot-c.

' .rom the peculiar crosswise piling of the cards result SlX inverted corners by .whlch it is possible to string together such an entire,

pile as is made visible in Figs. 3 and 4 in two difl'erent forms of execution. Such a pile stringed together may be transported and sent away without any fear of the cards getting displaced. There is no need of taking away the strings before the whole 'pile' has been placed into the machine.

On the same shaft 9 on which is fixed the card-holder a there is fixed the eccentric cam m,'which possesses the two indentions m" and m. The two indentions have such .a posi tion that when the group of cards (1 lies before the give-out o ening e the indention m stands in the mid' le line of the apparatus,

and when the card group 1) stands before the delivery-opening e the indention m? is in the middle line of the ap aratus.

In the Figs. .5-8 ifi'erent. positions of reversion device are sketched. Fig. 5 responds to the position of Fig. 2, in which the oardgroup a is before the delivery-opening e. The indention m 'li'es in the middle line of the machine, the indention m being on the left side. In the indentio-n m en ages a pin f. This 'pin is fixed to a reversing-deverf winch is attached to the delivery-slide f, turning there around the pivot f. Aspring f extends topu ll the lever)" into the central position, so that the pin'f" stands in the middle line-of the a paratus. in the position shown in Fig. .5

t e turning of lever f is revented.,because the pin f 1S being dpnesse against the eccentrio m. If the sh e is now pull-ed forward until it arrives at the position shown in Fig. 6, the-pinf slides along the outer edge of the eccentric and the iever is moved by its spring into the central position. "With the backward movement of the slide the pinf strikes against the slanting face of the indenti'on m, travels along the slanting face to the bottom of the indention to the right, and while continuing its backward movement up to the position shown in Fig. 7 turns the cocentric m so much that now the indention m lies in the central line and the card group 1) lies before the take-out opening 2. If on taking out the next card the slide is once more pulled forward up to the position shown in Fig. 8, the lever f takes the position sketched, and consequently on being moved back again becomes capable of again turning back the eccentric m into the position sketched in Fig. 5, so that once more the card group .0, lies in front of the take-out opening e.

In F1 s. 9 to 14 another construction of the mechanism for reversing the card-holder is shown, which di'fiers iron! the one just described by this, that there "is not fixed to the delivery sl'ide one 'reversing lever, but there are provided two reversinglevecrsf and f turning round the pivot f and by the action of sprin central line .0 siidef, which levers, with their pins f and f alternately engage in the indentions n and n of the eccentric 'n. "The eccentric n is fixed on the shaft g. ()n the "same-shaft is fastened the card-holder 0, so that the latter is forced to follow the turning oieccerrtric n. The"eccentric '12, is sketched separately in 13. Below the eccentric 12. there sits loosely on the shaft'ganecccntricf tend to 'move toward the disk 0, with the'indentions o" and .0 respondgrou fila lies in front of the deliveiy openiing e.

e pinf lies in the indention n of the eccentric n and at the same time in the indention 0 of theeccentric disk o. The in j lies in the groove 0 If the delivery-slide f is now pulled out, inorder to take away the bottom card a up-to the position answering to Fig. '10, the pin f carries the eccentricdisk 0 to its central position. (Shown in Fig. 1'0.) Now the indenture 0 lies exactly beneat'h the -indention 'n' while the 'inderrtion o is covered above by the eccentric 'n. if now the slide f is released again and byits spring is pulled back'into the first osition, the pin f .simu ltaneousiy engages the indentions n and o" and turns the eccentric 'n and the eccentric-disk 0 to the right, while the pin f slides along in the grooveo, and'is prevented by the groove '0 from entering the 'indention M, which by the turning comes to'meet it. So. results the position shown "in Fig. 11. When now the delivery-slide for taking off the bottom: card 5 is pulled out to the position answerin to Fig. 12,t'he pin f carries QFig. shows an arrangement for the aforedescribed apparatus for the purpose of preventing that the card-holder a may be turned before the card once pushed forward has not been entirely taken out of the machine, in order that the card which sticks partly in the card-holder c, partly in the case of the machine or the delivery-opening 6, may not be crushed by too early a turning of the former. This arrangement onprinclple consists in this, that the delivery-slide is held back'from returning by the card pushed forward and partly still remaining within the placed in position by the nose 9".

machine and is set free again by the card being entirely pulled out of the apparatus. Such a device may be of diiierent constructions. In Fig. 15 it is shown in the following execution: The delivery-slide, provided with teeth 8 and notches t, is engaged by a pawl 17, acting automatically on the advance and return movement. When the deliveryslide is pulled forward, the'pawl 1) turns roun as shown in Fig. 16, and locks the dewhen the slide is thus locked the pawl p is barred or locked and is unlocked by the card being completely pulled out. When the awl p is barred, as shown in Fig.15, the de ivery-slide is locked against the back move-v ment. The barring of'the pawl 19 is eflected by a pivoted and spring-pressed lever g, which when in the position shown in full lines'in Fig. 15 abuts against the pawl p. A nose 1' on the delivery-slide f is adaptedto engage one end of the lever g and prevent it from being swun from beneath the pawl pI On pulling the de ivory-slide out the nose 1" is disengaged from the lever g and the pushed card a or b, as the-case may be, engages the said lever in such a manner that the lever is barred or looked as long as the card remains within the machine. This barring of the pawl is removed as soon as the card a or b, respectively, is completely taken out, and consequently the turning-lever g is deprived of its support and by the spring g is pulled into the dotted position in order to give the pawl p a, free play for turning round and for freeingthe delivery-slide f v for the return movement. Consequently the deliveryslide f may without hindrance execute its movement back, or the card-holder 0 may turn accordingly. The return movement being completed, the barring-lever g is again The lever g is jointed or hinged at its barring end, so

that the pawl p, by means of its spring force,

may pass by it and may straighten itself.

Having now described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. An automatic selling-machine for cards and the like, comprising a swinging cardholder having compartments arranged at an angle one to the other and adapted to receive cards piled crosswise one upon the-other, a reciprocating member for removing the cards from the compartments, and means for swinging the card-holder from the reciprocating member. A

2. In an automatic selling machine for cards and the like, a swinging card-holder having compartments arranged at an angle one to the other andadapted to receive cards piled crosswise one upon the other, a reciproeating member for removing the cards, an eccentric connected with the holder, and means for operating the eccentric from the reciprocating member.

3. In an automatic selling-machine for cards and the like, a swinging card-holder having compartments arranged at an angle one to the other and adapted to receive cards piled crosswise one upon the other, a springpressed slide for removing the cards, an eocentric mounted upon the pivot of the holder and provided with notches, and means carried by the slide and engaging the notches of the eccentric.

4'; In an automatic selling a machine for cards and the like, a swingin card-holder having compartments arranged at an angle one to the other and adapted to receive cards piled crosswise one upon the other, a springpressed slide for removing the cards, an eccentric on the pivot of the holder and provided with notches, and a pivoted and springpressed reversinglever mounted upon the slide and provided with a pin for engaging the notches of the eccentric.

5.- In an automatic selling machine for cards and the like, a swinging card-holder having compartments at an angle one to the other and adapted to receive cards piled IIO crosswise one upon the other, a slide for removing the cards, means for preventing the card-holder from turning when a card is only partiall T removed, and means for operating the car --holder from the slide.

6. An automatic selling-machine for cards and the like, comprising a casing having an opening at one end, a card-holder pivoted in the'casing and having compartments ar- .ranged at an angle one to the other and adapted to receive cards piled crosswise one upon the other, a spring-pressed slide having a projection for engaging a card to move it from the holder out through the opening of the casing, and a reversing mechanism for the holder, operated by the slide.

7. An automatic selling-machine for cards fig seom1 end; like GGfliiSYlSllflg e easing heviug an pim'for engaging the notches of the eccentric, IQ

opening through which the cards are reand a spring secured'to the lever and slide. moved, a pivoted card-holder adapted to re- In testimony whereof I have hereunto set eeive eerds piled crosswise one upon the other, my hand, in resenee of two subscribing wita spring-pressed slide having a PTOjGGfiOHfOI" messes, this day ofMey, 1904. 1 engaging a card to remove it from the holdel"i 1 WILLY ABEL.

on eccentric on the pivot of the holder an Witnesses: provided wiiahepeeed notches, :1 rev ersing le- I WOIDBMALR, HAWK, ver pivoted on the Slide and provided with a,v I Hlmmz HASH-R, 

